Escape into the Open

Although held back by the fierce firepower, the Felified Humans continued advancing. They used both arms to shield their vital areas, but the bullets were simply too dense, and many other parts of their bodies were still hit. Though their bodies had been strengthened by fel energy and the bullets could not inflict severe damage, they were still flesh and blood.

Disgusting, thick green blood continuously oozed from their arms and the other places struck by bullets. Though the bullets lodged in their muscles and could not penetrate their organs, they still caused pain.

"Hehehehe." But the Felified Humans had been completely eroded by fel blood, losing their reason and retaining only brutality. Pain and bleeding were the finest stimulants. Provoked by the sensation of pain and bloodshed, they all let out savage cackles.

They were getting closer and closer. When the Felified Humans were still fifty meters from the convoy, two vehicle-mounted machine guns ran out of ammunition at the same time, and the firepower immediately weakened.

"Ahahaha!" The five Felified Humans simultaneously gave up defending themselves, ignored all attacks, and charged forward at full speed with wild laughter. Tear apart, smash, destroy, annihilate—those were the only thoughts left in their minds. Fear and death had long since been burned to ash by fel energy, along with their sanity.

One Felified Human took the lead. When it was still ten meters from the convoy, it leaped into the air and landed on the roof of the Humvee in the middle, laughing madly.

The machine gunner on the roof was still anxiously reloading the vehicle-mounted machine gun when the Humvee suddenly jolted. A huge shadow fell over him. He blankly raised his head and saw that hideous, terrifying face. "Oh, fuck."

The Felified Human tore off the vehicle-mounted machine gun, then shoved its blazing-hot barrel, heated by continuous firing, straight into the gunner's mouth and out through the back of his skull.

The US Army soldiers around the vehicle immediately turned around. Crying out in alarm, they retreated while firing at the Felified Human atop the vehicle. But their formation had already been broken, and one had broken through. How far behind could the other four be?

A retreating soldier was suddenly seized by the shoulders and lifted into the air by a pair of huge hands. Sharp nails pierced through his uniform and sank into his flesh. He screamed continuously, feeling the bones in both shoulders shatter. Then an even more violent tearing pain struck him, and after that, he would never feel anything again.

Like a tiger among sheep, one Felified Human put on a real-life performance of tearing apart an American soldier with its bare hands. Its companions were likewise slaughtering the other soldiers to their hearts' content.

Amid screams, dull impacts, and the sounds of flesh and bones tearing apart, the Felified Humans killed seven US Army soldiers in a single exchange. Some had their helmets and heads smashed to pulp with a single punch; others were lifted and slammed violently into the ground before being stomped on; still others had their heads seized in pairs and smashed viciously together.

Captain Kobe finally broke down at the hellish sight. He watched with his own eyes as a Felified Human bit through a soldier's neck. The monster even laughed wildly as it took a huge gulp of blood. "Ah, God! What kind of monster is this? Retreat! Retreat now! Ahhh—"

As Kobe called for retreat, another scream rang out. Another soldier had fallen victim. A Felified Human drove its hand—something that could practically be called a claw—into a soldier's abdomen. Its entire forearm went in and punched out through his back, while the bone spurs on its arm were still hung with the poor soldier's intestines.

Since it was not a fatal wound, the soldier did not die immediately and would suffer for longer. The Felified Human seemed very pleased with its handiwork. Wearing a cruel smile, it lifted the soldier impaled on its arm high overhead, letting the soldier's blood run down its arm, letting the blood pouring from the soldier's mouth drip onto its face, letting the soldier's agonized face reflect in its eyes. It was filled with pleasure.

Yet even the weak had their dignity. They could die heroically in battle, but they would never willingly let their suffering become a game to entertain others. "Monster, go to hell with me."

With difficulty, he pulled a block of plastic explosive from the pack on his back and viciously slapped it onto the Felified Human's face. At that moment, he wore the same insane smile as the Felified Human—a smile of vengeance. Then he violently pressed the detonator.

With a thunderous boom, the upper half of the Felified Human hit by the plastic explosive, along with the soldier, was blown into a mist of blood.

The plastic explosive was quite powerful. Not only did it kill one Felified Human, but it also detonated a nearby Humvee, and that Humvee's explosion sent the other four Felified Humans sprawling to the ground.

Captain Kobe was also left dazed by the blast. After shaking his head twice, he hurriedly called his team members into the vehicle, then jumped into the driver's seat and floored the accelerator. The powerful military Humvee immediately shot forward.

What? What about the other team members? When disaster struck, everyone flew for themselves. Staying behind meant only two choices: dying while fighting or dying without fighting. And the ways to die were dying horribly, dying even more horribly, or dying relatively horribly. Besides, this was no longer a matter of refusing to save people—it was fucking impossible to save them.

Kobe's convoy was at the very front, so before the Felified Humans could react, it sped away in a cloud of dust. The others were not so fortunate. There was no need to mention the one that had exploded. Another vehicle could not drive away either—the first one attacked. After that Felified Human had leapt onto it with a Mount Tai crushing the top and killed the machine gunner with an Iron Spear Throat Stab, it spotted someone in the cab as it climbed down and casually yanked him out—along with the steering wheel...

The people in the fourth vehicle had just climbed aboard when two Felified Humans flipped it over.

The last vehicle had only just started moving when a Felified Human jumped onto its roof. It was that same smoking-bad bastard who had pulled off the Mount Tai crushing-the-top move before. Once again, it tore off someone's steering wheel.

But wickedness eventually brought retribution. This time, the driver saw that stopping meant certain death, while continuing might offer a sliver of hope. So he floored the accelerator and ignored the direction. As long as he could get out, that was enough.

Naturally, the Felified Human on the roof would not let them escape. It jumped in front of the vehicle, preparing to stop it. Unfortunately, it greatly overestimated its own strength. If it had been an ordinary family car, it might have stopped it—but this was a fucking military Humvee.

Instead of stopping the vehicle, it was pushed forward by it. And as luck would have it, the Humvee was headed straight for a massive boulder. It was then crushed between the boulder and the vehicle.

With its vitality, that alone would not have killed it. But the soldier in the passenger seat swiftly scrambled out, shoved a grenade into the immobilized Felified Human's mouth, and then—well, its head exploded.

I really can't keep going today. Let's stop here, okay? I'll do two updates tomorrow. If I keep at it, the novel might not flop, but I'll collapse first.